D’Arcy MaineESPN.com1 Minute Read
LONDON — Marketa Vondrousova ended up being the very first unseeded gamer in the Open Era to reach the Wimbledon last on Thursday with a dominant 6-3, 6-3 triumph over Elina Svitolina. But her hubby Stepan Simek wasn’t there to cheer her on. Nor has he been at the competition for any of her matches throughout the fortnight.
Instead Simek has actually been enjoying from their home in Prague. And while some tennis gamers are superstitious about having their partners in participation, and others, like Svitolina, have their partner remain at home for child-care factors, there was a totally various factor for Simek’s lack.
“He needs to work. He needs to look after our cat. He needs to remain home,” Vondrousova explained matter-of-factly on Tuesday.
That’s right. While Vondrousova, 24, is having among the very best significant runs of her profession, Simek has actually been on pet-sitting task for their cat, a Sphynx called Frankie.
However, after her win on Thursday, Vondrousova informed press reporters they had actually texted their cat-sitter and Simek would be showing up to London on Friday to enjoy her play in Saturday’s last versus Ons Jabeur. It is the 2nd significant last of Vondrousova’s profession and initially at Wimbledon. She formerly lost to Ashleigh Barty in the 2019 French Open champion match.
No word on if Frankie will be enjoying on tv with the cat-sitter.
